Information provided by the Artist: Manuel Fernando Rios is a West Sacramento, CA-based artist, curator, Yolo Arts Board member, and professor of fine art at Woodland Community College in Woodland, CA. Rios earned his BA and MA in studio art from California State University, Sacramento and earned his MFA from UC Davis. Manuel is a Headlands Center for the Arts fellow and has shown in such venues as the Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD), San Francisco, CA and the Museum of Culture and the Environment, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA.